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as in foundation
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
my religious faith is the bedrock of my life
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as in depth
the lowest point or level
knew that his acting career was at bedrock when all he could get were bit parts in campy horror movies
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as in sound
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Recent Examples of bedrock
Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
The lowest 688 feet of the ice core above the bedrock is made of older ice that is heavily deformed.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2025
Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
People with disabilities know bedrock truths most of us ignore.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 May 2020
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Noun
Weak procedure ‘sets you up for failure’ Small local governments routinely fail to adhere to a bedrock principle of financial control and accountability — segregation of duties.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
The lowest 688 feet of the ice core above the bedrock is made of older ice that is heavily deformed.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Now, even the bedrock idea of self-determination is endangered in Libya, with foreign powers — not just Libyans — seeking to control the country’s fate.
—Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
People with disabilities know bedrock truths most of us ignore.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 May 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedrock
Noun
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This waterproof foundation is guaranteed to stay put for a solid 12 hours.—
Angela Trakoshis,
Allure,
28 Jan. 2025
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Connecticut’s robust public higher education system, thriving local economy, plentiful local talent, and successful public-private partnerships provide an ideal foundation for implementing AI programs like the Connecticut Online AI Academy.—
Lisa Gevelber,
Hartford Courant,
28 Jan. 2025
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Further, generative image editing is now available offline and a new virtual aperture too gives you real-time control over depth and brightness.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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This season, Thomas and Buchnevich have spent less time on the same line because the Blues opened the season with them as the top two centers on the depth chart.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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For perhaps the first time in his career, Lynch was able to go as far as the road would take him, throwing all of his skills as a filmmaker, sound designer, musician, visual artist, and human being at the wall in a dark fantasia of mystery, comedy, horror, and violence.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
19 Jan. 2025
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The industry, which hired aggressively during the pandemic, has now cut thousands of jobs, including programmers, artists and sound designers.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune Asia,
17 Jan. 2025
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Traditional solutions, such as static knowledge bases, exacerbate the problem with poor user adoption, outdated structures, and inadequate search capabilities.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The company states its detection model shouldn’t be used as the sole basis for actions against a student.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Is this not a concern given your firm stance on corruption?—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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Taylor Counseling Group addresses the importance of managing difficult family members through clear communication and firm expectations.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The trucking industry is a cornerstone of the global economy, moving goods that sustain our businesses and communities.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Jan. 2025
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Since its debut in 1995, the Vans Warped Tour has been a cornerstone of alternative music culture, launching the careers of acts like Paramore, Blink-182, and My Chemical Romance, and providing a stage for countless others.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
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The film’s blistering opening salvo, a frenetic shootout designed to introduce us to Fok’s unerring dedication to old-school law enforcement, sees the camera adopt Fok’s POV for much of the action.—
James Marsh,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2025
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But the development is less iterative, and not just because a novel needs a different kind of pacing, a need that Buzzati meets with unerring judgment.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Bedrock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedrock. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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